| Model | Vendor | Linux | Windows | Mac OS X |
| BU-353 S4 | Global Sat | ? | Seems to work just fine in Windows 8.1 with supplied driver | Download MacOS Driver |
| BU-353 USB | Various | Yes, native | Yes with driver up to Win7. but not on Win8.1 or 10, get BU-353-s4 | Yes with driver |
| Foretrex 201 | Garmin | Pl2303 driver and gpsd. Gpsd hotplugging is disabled for the device, so you need to edit the gpsd udev rules. | ? | ? |
| GPS126 GPS128 | Garmin | “Send Route to GPS” Only the waypoints are transferred, not the route | ? | |
| GPSmap 76CSx | Garmin | GPS is connected via USB cable. Works with OCPN stable 2.3.1 and beta 2.4.708 on Ubuntu 10.04 with kernel 2.6.38 and gpsd 2.95 via Network LIBGPS as NMEA source | ? | ? |
| Nokia E71 + EXTGps | Nokia+Symarctic | ? | WinXP SP3 Yes Win7 Data yes - OpenCPN No | |
| QSTARZ 51 Channel Bluetooth GPS | Qstarz | Yes native. Works great as per help file wiki Bluetooth GPS Ubuntu Install | Could not get it to work with Windows and MaxSea. never tried on OpenCPN on Windows. | |
| RayNav 300 | Raymarine | Works on Linux Debian, build the serial cable and you're set | Works on Windows XP | Not tried |
| NL-302U | Navilock | XP & 7U46 fine | ||
| NL-402U (u-blox5 chipset) | Navilock | Works, tested on Ubuntu 10.10 | Works tried on Windows XP and Windows 7 32-bit | Not tried |
| ND-100S SiRF-III | Nobrand | Works well with Ubuntu | seems similar.Successfully connected and continuously returning nmea-signal. Vista. Works with Win 98 and XP | Not tested |
| Holux GM-210 USB | Sony Viao with Vista | |||
| RBT-1000 Bluetooth | RoyalTek Windows Configuration Tool, best results when set GLL to 5 with Config Tool | not tested | works with USB Bluetooth Dongle, WinXP SP3 | works with built in Bluetooth of MacBookPro OS X 10.6.4 |
| SKYTRAQ GM 65 | Skytraq - chipset Venus 6 USB - NMEA 0183 | not tested | Yes, with driver tested with Win7 64 & 32. | Yes, with driver |
| GP-01 USB Eastern Star 7 | MC-Marine | Yes, “out of the box” | Yes with driver | ? |
| GP-01S USB SiFR Star III | MC-Marine | Yes, “out of the box” | Yes with driver | Yes with driver |
| Earthmate GPS LT-40 | DeLorme | Yes, “out of the box” | Yes with driver | Testing |
| XGPS150 Bluetooth | Dual | ? | Yes, no driver required. In properties>services check “serial port” and uncheck “Wireless iAP” | ? |
| Droid Ultra, Cellphone using Bl uetooth | Motorola | Not tested | Yes, Under Windows 8, and using Android App GPSOverBT. Have GPSOverBT running on phone, on Windows side create new outgoing BlueTooth ComPort and select your android phone from list. In OpenCPN under Options>Connections select your new BlueToooth ComPort and hit Apply. See coment below. See forum post | Not tested |
| U-Blox 7&8 Vk-162 | Stratux project | Yes, “out of the box” (Tested with OpenPlotter on a Raspberry Pi 3) | Yes Virtual Com Driver needed | Yes, “out of the box” (appears as a serial device under /dev) |
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